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JayM
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Technical question about High DPI and scaling

#1 Post by JayM »

Hi, remember me?

I've been working with an app developer to test a HighDPI version of the app (which is WSJT-X Improved for using digital modes on ham radio: I got my license last August.) I have a 27" BenQ QHD or 2K monitor so I was testing the new version for him but it doesn't seem to improve anything such as font size within the app. To quote the developer, Dr. Uwe Risse:
My modification was that I give this additional command during initialization of the program GUI:
QApplication::setAttribute(Qt::AA_EnableHighDpiScaling);

So, the question is, does Linux (or your distro) supports the "AA_EnableHighDpiScaling" parameter?
I'm using MX-23.3 with Xfce. Thanks in advance.

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Re: Technical question about High DPI and scaling

#2 Post by Charlie Brown »

JayM wrote: Sat Jun 08, 2024 7:14 amremember me?
Of course :D

"Huck" told me you were still alive after that typhoon :D
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Re: Technical question about High DPI and scaling

#3 Post by Eadwine Rose »

Hehe you and Huck are the same person :laugh:
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Re: Technical question about High DPI and scaling

#4 Post by Eadwine Rose »

Hey @JayM :)
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Re: Technical question about High DPI and scaling

#5 Post by dolphin_oracle »

if you have gtk scaling enabled, login, and logout, then the equivalent qt scaling parameter will be applied.

anything else would be on an app by app basis.

otherwise you can export a qt scale factor.

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export QT_SCALE_FACTOR=2
for instance.
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Re: Technical question about High DPI and scaling  [Solved]

#6 Post by JayM »

dolphin_oracle wrote: Sat Jun 08, 2024 5:32 pm if you have gtk scaling enabled, login, and logout, then the equivalent qt scaling parameter will be applied.

anything else would be on an app by app basis.

otherwise you can export a qt scale factor.

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export QT_SCALE_FACTOR=2
for instance.
I don't want to scale the entire OS. Just using a bigger system font plus a scaling tweak in Firefox's about:config were all that was needed. Uwe was trying to make a version of the app for use with > 1920x1080 monitors such that everything in the app would look proportionately bigger without having to change the app's font sizes or anything

I may have answered my own question though. I have another ham radio QT app, QLOG, that I've installed from a tarball and its main.cpp file contains the following:

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#if (QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0))
    QGuiApplication::setAttribute(Qt::AA_UseHighDpiPixmaps);
    QApplication::setAttribute(Qt::AA_EnableHighDpiScaling);
#endif
This app's font size and everything looks fine and is perfectly readable on my 2K monitor, so apparently the answer to Uwe's question of whether QApplication::setAttribute(Qt::AA_EnableHighDpiScaling); is supported in MX Linux is yes. It's only his implementation of this in WSJT-X Improved that isn't working. I've let him know.
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Re: Technical question about High DPI and scaling

#7 Post by JayM »

Eadwine Rose wrote: Sat Jun 08, 2024 4:33 pm Hey @JayM :)
Hiya!
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